889: Planning A Build

Mar 31, 2025 · 29 min

0:00-29:46

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Scott and Wes talk about the planning process for a major redesign of the Syntax.fm website. They share their thoughts on organizing tasks, choosing tech, handling styling, and the debates that come with deciding what to keep and what to change.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:36 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
02:48 Why we need version 3.0 of Syntax.fm.
- Level Up Tutorials, Travis Neilson.
04:41 Project planning and organization.
05:53 The codebase.
09:50 The CSS changes.
- Episode 770: Design Systems With Brad Frost.
12:27 Tooling.
15:54 Development process.
16:38 Mobile and responsiveness.
18:37 Saving VS Code extension into the repo.
19:56 Using a dev container.
20:53 AI agent rules.
21:35 Code styles.
23:42 Canadian podcast.
24:33 Content storage.

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